Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 12
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- February 24, 1885
- Died
- September 18, 1939
- Place of birth
- Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
- Also known as
- Stanisław Ignacy 'Witkacy' WitkiewiczWitkacy
Biography
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, pseudonym "Witkacy" (February 24, 1885 – September 18, 1939) was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, and photographer. He was active in the interwar period. In the work of Witkacy, a central place is occupied by dramas and novels, shaped by the theory of pure form and a catastrophic vision of civilization.
